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Robert Schumann
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Canon 2, Op. 56 Click to Listen, [4:6]
Marked "Mit innigem Ausdruck" (with intimate expression) , these beautiful melodies intertwine on the Hauptwerk with admittedly piano-like repeated chords on the Hinterwerk and a series of organ points and root position bass notes similar to the first canon. Rather than fuss with registration changes every measure or so and lacking expression pedals, the Phantom Organist chose three terraced dynamic levels based on ritards indicated in the Henle Urtext (original text) score. Instrument: F. X. Engelfried Organ, Gönningen/Baden-Württemberg/Germany (1844) - Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier

Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software